Small business owners are always looking for effective ways to manage and save time running their businesses, and what better way to do that than with new software applications? If you are one of those…
Monthly Archives For December 2016
Big Mac Creator and Early McDonald’s Franchise Owner Dies at 98
The creator of the Big Mac has died. Jim Delligatti lived to 98 and is best known as a McDonald’s (NYSE:MCD) restaurant franchisee in Uniontown, Pennsylvania. His story and success show that one franchise owner…
Mac Users, The Wait For a New Version Of Office May Soon Be Over
It isn’t easy to be an Apple fan and a fan of Microsoft Office, too. But some small business owners are certainly in that boat.You may prefer a Mac for work, but clients can’t stop…
Apple Includes Siri for Mac in Latest Update
The thirteenth version of OS X got a name change to macOS, also called Sierra, and just like its two predecessors Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) has decided to keep the alpine theme with its latest operating…
How wine label design and typography really influences how it tastes
Designers know typography influences the way we view a product. Whether the typeface reflects price, style or age – it’s an important part of branding. But typography can do more than change a perception –…
Type Nugget: Good Typography is About Finding the Right Playground
This is a golden era for web typography – in relative terms at least. After spending most of two decades working within the tiny design sandpit of Times, Helvetica, Arial and Courier, we now have…
Quick tips: Typography
image: http://keyassets.timeincuk.net/inspirewp/live/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/iStock-typography-600×400.jpg Even the removal of street typography can make for an engaging picture. Image ISTOCK.COM/DAVETHOMASNZ Every time we walk down the street we are surrounded by typography, from road signs and shop fronts to…
How Typography Can Save Your Life
After decades of silently shouting at the top of its lungs, the National Weather Service recently announced that it’s going to stop publishing its forecasts and weather warnings in ALL CAPS. Beginning May 11, for…
The Typographer’s Dream Finds Unexpected Insight and Delight in a Sketch-Comedy Premise
JoRose in The Typographer’s Dream Photo by Alan Dehmer THE TYPOGRAPHER’S DREAM Through Dec. 17 Manbites Dog Theater, Durham www.manbitesdogtheater.org Fair warning: there’s a job fair from hell going on at Manbites Dog Theater. One…
Typographic Trickery Shifts a Font from Paper to Pixels
SLIDE:1 / OF4. Caption:Caption:Today Tobias Frere-Jones is publicly releasing Retina, his typeface that was originally commissioned by the Wall Street Journal in 2000.FRERE-JONES TYPE SLIDE:2 / OF4. Caption:Caption:The font is marked by ink traps, which…